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Twitter and YouTube comply with Indian government requests to take down content amid farmers protests
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After the farmers protest took on a somewhat ugly turn on 26 January, the government has clapped down on...
EA acquires mobile gaming company Glu for $2.1bn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), the company behind popular games like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Apex Legends, Fifa 21...
Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to start accepting it as a mode of payment soon
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Elon Musk and Co. never seem to stay out of the headlines. Just a few days after the test...
XPRIZE reveals details about the $100M potluck by Elon Musk for developing carbon capture technologies
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Back on January 22, Elon Musk announced a competition with a massive prize pool of $100 million to help...
Reddit raises $250Mn in Series E, weeks after Gamestop-powered growth push
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Popular online public discussion forum Reddit Inc. has announced that it has doubled its valuation to currently rest at...
Advantage Future Retail, as Delhi High Court removes stay on Reliance-Future Group deal
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Kishore Biyani’s Future Retail Ltd got a reprieve on Monday when the Delhi High Court overturned a previous order...
Kong gets $100 million to help enterprises scale rapidly on cloud, valuation triples to $1.4Bn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0And we have yet another cloud computing upstart, riding high on the massive digital burst that COVID 19 brought...
Twitter exploring new revenue sources including exclusive content and subscriptions: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Currently, Twitter is a free to use social media platform, even though it does show a whole lot of...
Twitter receives directions to ban 1,178 accounts from Indian government amid farmers protests
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With the ongoing farmers protests in India, Twitter has found itself in a bit of a pickle, where it...
Dailyhunt parent raises over $100 million to expand short video platform Josh
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0VerSe Innovation, the parent firm of the popular news app Dailyhunt and short-video platform Josh, has announced that it...
New Google fit feature will allow Pixel users to track heart and respiratory rate using camera
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google has announced that it will be updating the Google Fit app on Pixel phones to enable heart and...
Jammu and Kashmir finally gets back 4G internet, 18 months after suspension
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Almost two years after they had been suspended by the government, high speed 4G internet services are being restored...
UPI sees unprecedented growth in 2020, transaction value reaches ₹ 4.3 trillion in Jan 2021
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 02020 was the year of contactless payments, and thus, it is not surprise that India’s own online payments technology-UPI...
Instagram bans hundreds of accounts suspected of ‘username hack’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Instagram and its parent company Facebook Inc. have been conducting a months long inquiry in the forum OGUsers.com, triggered...
PayPal to shut down domestic payment business in India from April 1
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0PayPal users In India, beware! PayPal Holdings Inc has decided to close the shutters on its domestic payment business...
Ixigo buys train booking platform Confirmtkt in cash and stock deal
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Gurugram-based online travel app Ixigo has announced that it has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire...
Spotify projects a humble forecast for 2021 despite better-than-expected Q4 performance
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Digital music service Spotify Technology has reported a narrower-than-expected loss in the final quarter of the year, with its...
Indian Govt. warns Twitter after it restored some of the suspended farmer protest accounts
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Following the ban and restoration of several high-profile accounts, India has issued a new notice to Twitter, warning the...
SpaceX prototype rocket explodes (again!) on landing after test launch, faulty thruster to blame
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It seems Elon Musk’s Starship dreams are still quite some time away. SpaceX, the ambitious private space company that...
Myanmar military government blocks Facebook and Instagram, silences online activity
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Myanmar’s new military government has blocked access to Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms on Thursday in a...
Instagram testing early prototype of “Vertical Stories” feed
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Avid Instagram fans, prepare for a complete revolution to the way you use the social media platform. The company...
Mobile Premier League raises $95M, doubles valuation to $945M
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Despite Google’s crackdown on ‘gambling’ apps on the Play Store, it’s no surprise that fantasy sports involving real money...
Worldwide smartphone sales to rise by 11% in 2021 backed by growing 5G demand: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Like most sectors, the mobile phone industry was hit hard by the pandemic- something that has become evident by...
ByteDance sues arch rival Tencent for monopolistic behaviour
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0TikTok-owner ByteDance announced on Tuesday that it is suing fellow Chinese social media giant and arch-rival Tencent Holdings in...
Tesla recalls 135,000 vehicles over touch-screen failures
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0American electric vehicle company Tesla Inc. has announced one of its largest-ever recallings till date-approximately 135, 000 Model S...
Twitter tests Revue Newsletter but withdraws and reverts to private beta soon after
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Following up on the recent acquisition of newsletter making startup Revue, Twitter has started working on publishing newsletters right...
Google to provide more context about source websites after you make a search
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google has announced a new feature on Monday, making it easier for users to gain information about websites that...
Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO, AWS head Andy Jassy to take charge
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Jeff Bezos, the former world’s wealthiest person (point to Elon Musk) and the founder of Seattle-based multinational technology company...
Advantage Amazon in Future Group-Reliance deal as Delhi High Court orders to maintain status quo
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After a long series of defeats in the ongoing battle between Amazon and Reliance Retail over its acquisition of...
Uber acquires alcohol delivery service ‘Drizly’ to expand Uber Eats
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Following the acquisition of the app Postmates last year, Uber announced Tuesday that it is acquiring the alcohol-delivery service...
[Update: Now restoring] Twitter blocks several Indian accounts due to ‘legal demand’ amid farmer protests, sparks outrage
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Update: Twitter has now started to restore the restricted accounts. The company says that it is in the process...
Google shuts the door on internal Stadia game studios, cloud platform now dependent on third-party games
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Fourteen months after Google launched Stadia, a cloud gaming service developed and operated by the Silicon valley tech giant...
SpaceX set to launch first private citizen space mission- Inspiration4
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Elon Musk’s company SpaceX announced on Monday that a crew of four private citizens would fly to space to...
Amazon received 800% more government demands for user data in the 2nd half of 2020 compared to 1st half
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amazon has always been notorious for its secretive data policies, with transparency reports that are just a few pages...
Xiaomi claps back: Sues U.S Defense Department after being blacklisted in the country
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Before leaving the White House after what can only be described as a dividing one term, the former US...
Budget 2021 – India announces modifications to One-Person Companies and MSMEs, social security benefits for gig platform workers
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Union Government, on Monday, announced an extension of social security benefits to platform and gig workers, as well...
India mulls a ban on all ‘private’ cryptocurrencies, RBI reportedly planning a digital rupee
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0India and cryptocurrency have had a weird, bittersweet relationship, as the country’s regulators can’t seem to decide their stance...
Xiaomi unveils new ‘over-the-air’ wireless charging tech, but it won’t be available in near future
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi has teased the new “Mi Air Charge Technology” on Thursday, a new wireless charging technology,...
Robinhood raises $1 bn to meet soaring demands, as it struggles to meet a surge in trading
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Popular stock trading platform Robinhood Markets Inc. has raised more than $1 billion overnight from existing investors, after a...
Faraday Future to go public, estimated $1 billion in gross proceeds
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0California-based Technology Company Faraday Future, which specializes in the development of electric vehicles, announced on Thursday that it has...
China smartphone market declines by 11% in 2020, Huawei market share falls to 22% in Q4
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Chinese tech giant Huawei, the company that ruled over its home market with an iron fist, has now become...
Google announces updates to Play Store policy on gamification following controversy in India
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google counts India as the biggest userbase of its Android operating system population wise, and thus, it’s fair to...
Microsoft reports net income of $15.1 billion in Q2 2021, revenue stood at $43.1 billion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Last quarter turned out to be one of the most massive for US technology giant Microsoft as it recorded...
WhatsApp Web and Desktop app to receive biometric security feature
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0At a time when popular social media platform WhatsApp is facing immense backlash, the Facebook-owned messaging service has announced...
Apple Q1 2021 hits big, reports $111.4B in sales, shipped over 90 million iPhones
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After Apple faced its third class action in Europe over throttled iPhones, the California-based tech giant finally received some...
Facebook reports revenue of $28.1 bn in Q4 2020, remains wary of Apple’s privacy changes
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0While 2020 turned out to be nothing less of a roller coaster ride for many, Facebook was one of...
Apple bags spot for most smartphone deliveries in Q4, Samsung remains on top for FY20
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 02020 was supposed to be the year when the flagship smartphone industry finally makes a comeback, thanks to the...
Tesla reports revenue of $31.5bn for FY20, $10.7bn for Q4 alone
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Tesla had one of the biggest years ever in 2020, as it finally managed to break past (or at...
Twitter acquires Dutch startup Revue, marking entry into newsletters
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter has acquired Dutch email newsletter service Revue, marking the tech giant’s first footsteps into newsletters and a part...
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